Complete Book of Gourd Carving

Author: Jim Widess
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402704420
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 228

Book Description
Jim Widess and Ginger Summit, the best-selling authors of The Complete Book of Gourd Craft and Making Gourd Instruments, have done it again: they’ve produced another winner to delight the many crafters who work with gourds. Large, lavish, and astonishingly comprehensive, this breathtaking volume introduces every tool and every technique associated with gourd carving, offers fabulous projects that advance in difficulty, and presents a gallery of works designed to inspire. See how to choose and prepare a gourd, impress the surface with a design, and work with green gourds. The magnificent methods of decorative carving covered include fretwork, engraving, chip carving, carving with gouges, relief carving, inlay, and deep relief or sculptural carving. Throughout, color photographs of exquisite carved gourds present crafts styles from countries around the world. A Selection of the Crafters Choice Book Club.

Complete Book of Gourd Carving, Revised and Expanded

Author: Jim Widess
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781565238251
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
All decorative carving methods are presented in detail, including fretwork, engraving, chip carving, gouge work, relief carving, inlay, and sculptural carving. The authors introduce every tool and technique you'll ever need and walk you through a series of projects that further illuminate the craft.

The Complete Book of Gourd Craft

Author: Ginger Summit
Publisher: Lark Books
ISBN: 9781887374552
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 148

Book Description
22 projects; 55 decorative techniques; 300 inspirational designs.

Decorating Gourds

Author: Sue Waters
Publisher: Schiffer Craft
ISBN: 9780764313127
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Discover the wonderful art of gourd carving and produce gourd-geous results in a minimal time! Gourds grow in all shapes and sizes, and no two are alike. This book shows you how to prepare a gourd for decoration, and then lets your creativity soar! Step-by-step photos and text demonstrate several techniques you could use, including carving, woodburning, painting, staining, stenciling, and pine needle weaving. The projects covered here include vessels, a hanging potpourri, and an adorable Santa Claus. Patterns are included to get you started, and a color photo gallery displays finished projects.

Gourd Art

Author: David Macfarlane
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 1402753683
Category : Carving (Decorative arts)
Languages : en
Pages : 148

Book Description
Provides examples from twenty artists along with information on their tools, methods, and influences.

Gourd Pyrography

Author: Jim Widess
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781402745027
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 150

Book Description
A guide to gourd pyrography--using heat to create works of gourd art--that discusses gourd prep and work basics, provides step-by-step instructions for several designs and techniques, and presents secrets from fifty artists.

Making Gourd Musical Instruments

Author: Ginger Summit
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781402745034
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 150

Book Description
Provides step-by-step instructions for making, decorating, and playing more than sixty string, wind, and percussion instruments made from gourds, along with numerous color photos and cultural information on the instruments' places of origin.

Weaving on Gourds

Author: Marianne Barnes
Publisher: Schiffer Pub Limited
ISBN: 9780764335655
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 112

Book Description
Handicrafts, decorative arts & crafts.

A Guide to Chip-Carving Gourds

Author: Marilyn Rehm
Publisher: Schiffer Craft
ISBN: 9780764332104
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Love working with gourds, but hate all the dust? This new book offers an alternative technique. Step-by-step instructions, along with 176 color photographs, show how to chip and chisel a gourd into a decorative piece for the house or outside. Best of all, only basic, simple tools are needed; no electric cords, no noise, no dust. Create a stunning array of bowls, birdhouses, and ornaments. A gallery of 16 color photographs provides ideas for your own creations. Chip-carving on Gourds is a gentle, relaxing handcraft that any beginner or seasoned gourd crafter can learn and enjoy.

Realistic Pumpkin Carving

Author: Lundy Cupp
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781565238947
Category : Halloween decorations
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
"Portions of this book were originally published in Woodcarving illustrated magazine"--Title page verso.